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RTD board approves projects for Douglas County and Boulder/Longmont

The Regional Transportation District board of directors has approved two transit projects — a Southeast Rail Extension in Douglas County and a rapid transit bus route along Colorado 119 between Boulder and Longmont.

The line would extend an additional 2.3 miles from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway. The second project would earmark $75 million for the bus route, this after an internal study indicated the corridor along Colorado 119 as the top priority to improve the area's mobility.

RTD is seeking a federal grant to fund the next level of study for the Colorado 119 project, the release said. Results of that application are expected this fall.

"These two projects are huge from a regional perspective because they promote progress in the northwest and southeast parts of the metro region," RTD Board Chairman Chuck Sisk said in a statement Thursday.

"Both projects are subject to receiving federal funds, but RTD has a successful history in securing federal funds to help build regional projects," Sisk said.

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According to RTD, stakeholders in the southeast have committed to contributing $35 million to $40 million in cash, rights-of-way and other items to get the light rail extension project completed.

This local match would comprise 16.5 percent of the project cost; RTD had asked for 2.5 percent. Of the project's total $207 million cost, RTD's investment would be $66 million or about 32 percent.

The RTD board also voted to accept an arterial bus rapid transit project as the next priority in the northwest region's plans, the release said.

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